Author: CTR

THE ENDGAME of America’s misbegotten crusade in Iraq may be nowhere in sight, but the search for scapegoats has begun in earnest. Who shall bear primary responsibility for this shipwreck, the civilian officials.

Alexis de Tocqueville once remarked that in a democracy, the greatest pacifists are the generals. In America, this has often been true but rarely obvious.

Kendall-Smith’s lawyers said they had received more than 500 messages of support, many of them from serving and former members of the forces.

Donald Duncan tells a familiar story among ex-GIs of a certain age — how he dreamed of being a war hero, until the brutality he witnessed in Vietnam destroyed the convictions that made him willing to fight and die.

Many Red Vic screenings of Sir, Nor Sir are accompanied by special guests and discussion with: vets in the film (Fri/Sat/Sun), director David Zeiger (Fri/Sat) and groups like Peace Chapter 69, Not In Our Name.

When award-winning actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland organized an anti-war review, touring U.S. military bases and towns around the world, the GI rebellion against the war in Vietnam was already in full force.